Letters to the editor, February 21

Legalizing and controlling drugs and
taxing the devil out of them would bring in a bundle.

Letting the tobacco companies use the
names they copyrighted decades ago would let them pay more taxes.

Federal and state taxes on alcohol
should be raised every year until we have a surplus again.

Dolores Vann,

Denton

Wiser
way

The writer of
the DRC editorial of Feb. 7, “One-minute drill good safety
idea,” thinks that “the more we can learn about preparing for and surviving
dangerous situations, the better off everyone will be.”

The FEMA drill for earthquakes in our
region is only one very small danger that may be and probably is caused by the
fracking process used in drilling natural gas wells.

Other results of this process should
also be addressed in a protective and preventative manner.

Those include toxic air emissions from
drilling, flaring and venting at compressor stations 24/7 and the use of millions
of gallons of clean water for fracking in our drought-stricken state.

What are the cumulative effects on us
and our children? Must we prepare ourselves, as with earthquakes, for more
respiratory illness, cancers, and polluted water?

A drill for preparedness is good. But a
much wiser way to deal with environmental and public health hazards is not to
cause or allow them in the first place.

Carol A. Soph,

Denton

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